GCFF
More stars, more special guests, bigger masterclass, more after parties, Cool Japan and pop culture & film art exhibitions than ever will be highlights of this year’s Gold Coast Film Festival. GCFF 13 is being staged at Birch Carroll & Coyle at Pacific Fair Shopping Centre, Broadbeach and the full program of films and events can be downloaded at gcfilmfestival.com. My theme this year will be all the zombie comedies, Turkish and Norwegian films and meeting all the special guests & you can meet them too! Don’t miss all the Free Workshops (FW) . I’ve listed some below but there are more! 18 April THU…
Koalas are making their way back to JCCW in preparation for the: Animals with Attitude Gold Coast Sculpture Trail 2013 Launch Weekend 1pm Friday 1st March 2013 Victoria Park, Surf Parade, Broadbeach QLD 4218 Currumbin Wildlife Sanctuary will continue to update Map and Auction details @ www.cws.org.au
The Animals with Attitude artists are hard at work preparing their pieces for the official Koala Trail Launch. See all 21 Koalas at Victoria Park, Broadbeach from 1pm Friday 1 March to Sunday 3 March. They then make their way to locations all over the Gold Coast. Click the ‘Subscribe to RSS’ button on the right to get Koala updates, locations, and more.
21 Koalas and 18 Artists are preparing for the inaugural Animals with Attitude Gold Coast Sculpture Trail. John Cox’s Creature Workshop is currently engaged in this major Public Art Project with proceeds from the Koala Auction going to support the Currumbin Wildlife Hospital Fund. We’ll keep you updated with dates & locations. To find out more log on to: Currumbin Wildlife Sanctuary
Julie has just returned form the Association of Science and Technology Centres conference, ASTC 2012, in Columbus, Ohio. As well as meeting with associates at the conference Julie meet with colleagues and venues in New York, traveling to half her meetings by bicycle. We are now looking forward to touring ‘How to Make a Monster’ throughout Canada & the USA 2013-15.
SWELL Sculpture Festival 2012 is the launch pad for the ‘Animals with Attitude’ Gold Coast Sculpture Trail. To be held March – April 2013 this exciting new Public Art Project will see the Gold Coast come alive with a trail of larger than life size Koalas distributed throughout the Gold Coast and Hinterland. Businesses are invited to sponsor the works which are expected to draw big audiences. Artists are invited to submit designs and will receive a fee to complete the works if their design is chosen. John is the designer and creator of the Koalas and is very excited…
You can catch John’s piece ‘Rising Tide’ at the Sunshine Coast Art Prize SCAP 3D. The work of 40 finalists is on display at the Noosa Regional Gallery until 7 October. Noosa Regional Gallery, Riverside, 9 Pelican Street, Tewantin, Queensland, 4565 Open Wednesday – Sunday 10am – 4pm
Join in this rare opportunity to attend 2 days of skill building with Academy Award winning Visual Effects guru, John Cox. Thursday & Friday 20 & 21 September 2012. You’ll make flexible moulds, learn about new products, discover sculpting in the digital age and get valuable feedback on your portfolio. Only the 4th time John has opened his doors for this event, and a sell out every time, with participants coming from from all over Australia and a wide variety of backgrounds and skill levels. Find out more at www.johncox.net. Email julie@johncox.net or call +61 (0)7 5564 9992 to book your place.
Grafton Region Gallery is hosting ‘How to Make a Monster – the art and technology of animatronics’ from 22 August to 21 October. With fun workshops and activities for all ages, loads of school groups already booked to experience Monsters, free creative workshops in Clarence Valley libraries, and even a Monster dress up musical concert, it is going to heaps of fun. To find more, including opening hours & directions, log on to: www.graftongallery.nsw.gov.au
We recently had the joy of joining in a medieval monster tradition, the welcoming of the ‘Tarasque’ at the Abbaye St Michel de Frigolet, in Provence, France. This reptilian creature burned villages, ate local sheep and shepherds. The local king attacked the Tarasque with knights and catapults to no avail. Saint Martha found the beast and charmed it with hymns and prayers, and led the tamed Tarasque back to the city. The people, terrified by the monster, attacked it. The monster offered no resistance and died there. Martha then preached to the people and converted many of them to Christianity. Sorry for what they had done to the…